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NoMeansNo
Canadian punk band
Formed in 1979 · Ended in 2016
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Nomeansno (sometimes stylized as NoMeansNo or spelled No Means No) was a Canadian punk rock band formed in Victoria, British Columbia, and later relocated to Vancouver. They released 11 albums, including a collaborative album with Jello Biafra, and numerous EPs and singles. Critic Martin Popoff described their music as "the mightiest merger between the hateful aggression of punk and the discipline of heavy metal." Nomeansno's distinct hardcore punk sound, complex instrumentation, and dark, "savagely intelligent" lyrics inspired subsequent musicians. They were a formative influence on punk jazz, post-hardcore, math rock, and emo.
Formed in 1979 by brothers Rob and John Wright, they began as a two-piece punk band influenced by jazz and progressive rock. They self-released their debut Mama LP in 1982, added guitarist Andy Kerr the following year, and signed with Alternative Tentacles. Kerr departed in late 1991 after five LPs with the band, and the group returned to its two-piece formation for the Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? album.
Guitarist Tom Holliston, and briefly second drummer Ken Kempster, joined in 1993. After three further LPs, they left Alternative Tentacles and issued their final album, All Roads Lead to Ausfahrt, in 2006. The Western Canadian Music Hall of Fame inducted them in 2015, and they retired the following year.
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Nomeansno, également stylisé NoMeansNo, est un groupe de punk hardcore canadien, originaire de Victoria, en Colombie-Britannique. Le groupe est formé en 1979 par les frères Rob (basse, chant) et John Wright (batterie, claviers, chant). Rob Wright est le principal compositeur et parolier du groupe.
Le nom « Nomeansno » (« Non, c'est non », ou « Non veut dire non ») est tiré d'une campagne contre le viol. Au départ, le groupe emprunte au rock progressif et au jazz autant qu'au punk rock, ce qui fait que leur musique est parfois qualifiée de jazz-punk. On attribue parfois à Nomeansno une influence déterminante sur la naissance du math rock. Après des enregistrements en duo basse/batterie, en 1983, Andy Kerr (guitare, chant) rejoint le groupe sous le pseudonyme de « Buttercup » ou sous celui de « None of your fucking business ». Il quitte le groupe en 1991. Après un album en duo (Why Do they Call Me Mr. Happy?) les frères Wright embauchent le guitariste Tom Holliston.
Sans avoir jamais bénéficié d'un succès grand public, Nomeansno est suivi par une importante base de fans. Le groupe a été produit et distribué par le label Alternative Tentacles jusqu'en 2002 (sauf un live en co-distribution avec De Konkurrent), puis par Southern Records et leur label personnel, Wrong Records. Tom Holliston annonce son départ du groupe en août 2016. Un mois plus tard, le 24 septembre, John Wright annonce la retraite officielle du groupe.
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Discography
Albums
- 1982 Mama
- 1986 Sex Mad
- 1988 Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed
- 1989 Wrong
- 1991 0 + 2 = 1
- 1991 The Sky Is Falling and I Want My Mommy
- 1993 Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy?
- 1995 The Worldhood of the World (As Such)
- 1998 Dance of the Headless Bourgeoisie
- 2000 One
- 2006 All Roads Lead to Ausfahrt
EPs
- 1981 Betrayal Fear Anger Hatred
- 1985 You Kill Me
- 1988 The Day Everything Became Nothing
- 1990 The Power Of Positive Thinking
- 1997 In the Fishtank
- 1997 Would We Be Alive?
- 2001 Generic Shame
- 2010 Jubilation
- 2010 Old